Copped and Robbers

Naomi Campbell Connects Her Paris Robbery to Kim Kardashian’s

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Naomi Campbell’s robbery in Paris came to light several years ago, but the supermodel and actress kept the details of the trauma to herself until now. Speaking to Wendy Williams on Wednesday, she connected her experience to Kim Kardashian West’s infamous home invasion in the same city, which has kept the reality star in relative hiding and off of social media until this week.

“I sympathize with [Kardashian West] a lot because—I kept mine pretty down low—but in 2012, I was attacked in Paris,” Campbell told Williams. “They followed me from the airport. They attacked me. They opened my car door and said, 'Naomi Campbell, we're going to kill you.’ ”

She explained that she was en route to the designer Azzedine Alaïa’s house for dinner, and the robbers attacked her outside of Alaïa’s shop (which leads to his apartment) with the help of her driver. The model decided to fight instead of handing over her purse.

“You decide in a very split moment—I don’t know if I’d ever do this again in hindsight—am I going to let this guy take my bag with all my passports, or am I going to fight for it?” she said. “And my decision was, I am not letting my bag go.”

The employees at Alaïa’s store eventually saved her.

“It’s a whole ring that’s been happening for a few years now, so I very much sympathize with her and I felt for her right away,” Campbell said. “I hated hearing these stories that it wasn’t true. It was absolutely true and it happened to me and it’s happened to a few other people, but it’s not for me to say.”

Coincidentally, the pair ran into each other while shopping at Hermès—two days before Kardashian West was robbed.

Campbell declined to comment further and Vanity Fair has reached out Alaïa for additional comment.

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